Cotton-gin condenser



1938. A. HORN 2,136,505

COTTON-GIN CONDENSER Filed 001;. 6, 1937- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Nov. 15, 1938. A. HORN 2,136,506

COTTON-GIN CONDENSER Filed Oct. 6, 195'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor f //o/w Attorneys Patented Nov. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,136,506 COTTON-GIN CONDENSER Albright Horn, Helena, Ark.

Application October 6, 1937, Serial No. 167,663

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in cotton gins and more particularly to a novel condenser for use in conjunction therewith.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device for cotton in the form of a condenser whereby grit and other foreign matter will be thoroughly cleaned from the cotton.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:--

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view through the condenser.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the condenser with the compressed air lines in elevation.

Figure 3 is a horizontal the rotor.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents the cylindrical shell having the side walls 6-! and the cotton inlet pipe 8. Numeral 9 denotes a shaft journaled through the side walls 6-! and on this shaft is the sleeve in stationarily secured against rotation with the shaft 9 and this supports the deflector plate II in the inclined position shown in Figure I. The rotary and cylindrically shaped sieve is denoted by numeral l2 and has the end portions of the deflector plate ll just barely spaced from the peripheral portion-of the same. Spokes l3; connect the screen I2 with the shaft 9 and suitable means can be employed for driving the sieve.

sectional view through At the opposite side of the shell 5 from the inlet pipe 8 is the outlet opening I 4 for the treated cotton and inside of the shell 5' and adjacent this opening H are the two rolls l5l6 which are provided with a multiplicity of teeth or prongs ll for catching the treated cotton and feeding the same outwardly of the shell 5.

Numeral l8 denotes a compressed air supply 45 conduit having the blower or compressor I! at its lower end. The upper end branches into the tube pipe lines 20 and 2|. The upper end of the pipe line 2| enters the side wall 6 and extends across the interior of the shell above the inlet pipe 8. This extending portion is denoted by 5 numeral 22 and has a plurality of nozzles or jets 23 projecting therefrom and toward the sieve The branch pipe section 20 extends through the side wall 6 and into the confines of the 10 sieve I2 on the cotton output side of the baflie II.

It can now be seen that cotton is supplied to the condenser through the pipe 8 and has a tendency to stick to the sieve 12. As it passes the jets 23 any foreign matter therein will be blown 15 against and through the sieve I2. In the sieve the foreign matter will strike the deflector plate I I and fall to the bottom of the sieve and gradually work out of the sieve to fall through the chute 24 to a suitable collection receptable lo- 0 cated thereunder.

The cotton which has now been cleaned by the nozzles 23 is carried around by the sieve l2 until it is taken off of the sieve by the rolls I 5-4 6 and expelled to the outside of the machine.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as 30 claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention,what is claimed as new is:

A cotton cleaning device of the character described comprising a shell, a cotton inlet, a cot-- ton outlet, a rotary sieve in the shell, a compressed air supply line extending into the shell,

' said supply line having a plurality of air outlets at the inside of the shell, said outlets being opposed to the said sieve, said compressed air 40 supply line having a branch pipe directed toward the outlet opening for forcing cotton away from the surface of the sieve and toward the outlet opening.

ALBRIGHT HORN. 

